Master of Ceremonies: We go behind the scenes with the ultimate Master of Ceremony, Ric Birch. He designed the Matilda show for the Brisbane Commonwealth Games in 1982, the opening and closing ceremonies for the Barcelona and Los Angeles...
1. A Soldier's Journey/Wild Stallion/Dante's Inferno
Aired: May 29, 1996Sir William Keys reflects on his use of Chinese medicine to combat his cancer...
2. Trail Blazers/Cecelia and Justin/The Chant of Tommy Lewis
Aired: Jun 5, 1996Trail Blazers: A group of young boys who had lived on the streets and in the ...
3. Goodbye Mary/Slow Business/The Butcher's Pen
Aired: Jun 12, 1996Goodbye Mary: The daughters of the Australian literary figure Dame Mary Durac...
4. Australia Street/Mother and Sons/The Underwoods of Riveren
Aired: Jun 19, 1996Australia Street: Australia Street is a project by the Australian Museum and ...
5. Coming Home/Sentimental Journey/Spirited Woman
Aired: Jun 26, 1996Coming Home: The story of Perth yarn-spinner Kel Watkins. On the surface a si...
6. Robin's Song/A Day at the Dump/Lily's Children
Aired: Jul 3, 1996Robin's Song: A follow up on the previous weeks story with Petrea King. In th...
Aired: Jul 10, 1996The Postman: The postman is Tom Kruse who for many years had the mail run on ...
8. Betty and Me/The Barber/Life on a String
Aired: Jul 17, 1996Betty & Me: Betty and Me is a love story. It is the story of Betty and Dudley...
9. Men's Business/The Nun's Story/The Hard Sell
Aired: Jul 24, 1996Men's Business: Like a lot of mining towns, Moranbah is a mecca for people wa...
10. The Great Escape/Love Story/Food of Love
Aired: Jul 31, 1996The Great Escape: Former Federal Treasurer, John Dawkins left politics at a t...
11. The Surgeon's Story/Dingo Dash/The Deep End
Aired: Aug 7, 1996The Surgeon's Story: From Hobart, Caroline Jones interviews Dr Bryan Walpole,...
12. Mother and Child/Personal Best
Aired: Aug 14, 1996Mother & Child: The story of a mother and daughter, separated for more than h...
13. Pride of the Fleet/A Place in the Sun
Aired: Aug 21, 1996Pride of the Fleet: Commander Peter Sinclair is a navy man from a long line o...
Aired: Aug 28, 1996Caroline Jones introduces Australian Story's first half hour special. Thirtee...
15. The Grand Obsession/Good Move/Debbie's Place
Aired: Sep 4, 1996The Grand Obsession: Introduced by Caroline Jones, this is the story of an il...
16. Kerry's Baby/The Go-Between
Aired: Sep 11, 1996Kerry's Baby: Kerry has bi-polar disorder (manic depression) and yet she desp...
17. A Woman's Place/Song of Joy
Aired: Sep 18, 1996A Woman's Place: Mary Kostakidis from SBS Television introduces the first sto...
Aired: Sep 25, 1996Medicine Man: This story is about Dr Miles Little who has just retired from h...
19. Life of Slicer/Mrs Ainsworth/Dancing Dad
Aired: Oct 2, 1996Life of Slicer: Tasmanian conservative politician Michael Hodgeman introduces...
20. A League of His Own/Twilight Rebel
Aired: Oct 9, 1996A League of His Own: This story is an unusual and revealing look at the perso...
21. Master of Ceremonies/Tall Poppies
Aired: Oct 16, 1996Master of Ceremonies: We go behind the scenes with the ultimate Master of Cer...
22. Longley's Endeavour/Home Grown
Aired: Oct 23, 1996Longley's Endeavour: John Longley, the man behind the Endeavour replica, tell...
23. The Last Muster/Mr Squiggle
Aired: Oct 30, 1996The Last Muster: Brian O'Sullivan, a grazier and incidentally, Victorian Stat...
Aired: Nov 6, 1996Fame: Our first story is about a group of gifted young students at Perth's Ab...
25. Calling the Tune/The Matchmaker
Aired: Nov 13, 1996Calling the Tune: Our program begins with an incredible story of one of Austr...
Aired: Nov 20, 1996Best of Relationships: This week's program is all about relationships. There'...
Aired: Nov 27, 1996Best of Blokes: The final program in the series concentrates on some of the m...
Appearances
Seasons: 29
Current Status: Returning Series
Network: ABC TV
Genres:Documentary, Biography
